Hyperglycemia in pediatric head trauma patients: a cross-sectional study Hiperglicemia em pacientes pediátricos com traumatismo craniencefálico: estudo de corte transversal

OBJECTIVE: To verify the prevalence of acute hyperglycemia in children with head trauma stratified by the Glasgow coma scale (GCS). METHOD: A prospective cross-sectional study carried out with information from medical records of pediatric patients presenting with head injury in the emergency room of...

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Main Authors: José Roberto Tude Melo, Rodolfo Casimiro Reis, Laudenor Pereira Lemos-Júnior, Henrique Miguel Santos Coelho, Carlos Eduardo Romeu de Almeida, Jamary Oliveira-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2009-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2009000500004